Liz Mancini, Kelly Griffin

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Middletown, CT 1/22/2013 Social Studies teacher, Liz Mancini, left, and English teacher, Kelly Griffin, are co-coaches for Middletown High School's unified basketball team. They posed for a portrait in front of the school gym before a game earlier in the year.

Middletown, CT 1/22/2013 Social Studies teacher, Liz Mancini, left, and English teacher, Kelly Griffin, are co-coaches for Middletown High School's unified basketball team. They posed for a portrait in front of the school gym before a game earlier in the year. (Richard Messina / Hartford Courant)

Middletown, CT 1/22/2013 Social Studies teacher, Liz Mancini, left, and English teacher, Kelly Griffin, are co-coaches for Middletown High School's unified basketball team. They posed for a portrait in front of the school gym before a game earlier in the year.